have to say, the outfit you are about to rate seemed like a burst of creativity and funkiness (but total cuteness) on my part. Note the fabulous shoes, the smart use of black to be chic yet warm, the bright green (but ignore my f'ed up expression, I was being silly when the picture was taken).

And yet, my co-workers all referred to it as the "elf outfit" all day Wednesday and a little bit yesterday.

Chuck Strouse is editor-in-chief of Miami New Times. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes and won dozens of other state local and national awards. He is an honors graduate of Brown University and has worked at multiple newspapers including the Miami Herald, Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel and Los Angeles Times.